php date

[philwareham]

Hi there,
I'm integrating vBulletin into some of my existing site templates - how can I replicate the following simple php code within a vBulletin template (header), as I can't use raw php in a template can I?

<?php echo date('m'); ?>

Any help most welcome.
Phil

[Floris]

make a new plugin for the header and do something like

$mydate = vbdate();

and in your template <div>$mydate</div>

check the API for the syntax for vbdate()

If the vb4 template echoing out is different, i wouldn't know. never bothered to look at it. I remember though it might be like <vb:raw $mydate> or something.

[philwareham]

Thanks, following your suggestions this seems to work:

Made a new global_start plugin as so:

$mymonth = vbdate('m');
vB_Template::preRegister('header',array('cssdate' => $mymonth));

Then, in my (vb4) header template use the following hook:

{vb:raw mymonth}

Which gives a numerical month output which is exactly what I wanted (so it's '07' for July). Obviously the 'm' can be changed to other date formats depending on what use you want from it.

Phil